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One of my favorite ways to look at this movie is: his first day in the town was the worst day of his life, and his last day in the town was the best day of his life. The only thing that changed was him
That's a great analysis. Good way to look at it.
Yes, Groundhog Day is a real thing, but no one takes it seriously. It's one of our silliest holidays.
Bill Murray's acting in this is so good. His character goes from being a self-centered jerk, to someone who pretends to care about people, to someone who actually does care about people. The scenes where he projects insincerity are the best.
An under appreciated Bill Murray movie is “What about Bob.”
It sucks that that movie wasn’t bigger than what it was.
@@nsasupporter7557 Agreed! What About Bob is fantastic!
@@jimkata77 it was a “small, low budget” movie that doesn’t stand out nearly as much (if at all) as the rest of his movies
@@nsasupporter7557 Cock-a-Doodle-Doo, Bob!!
@@StreetHierarchy “baby steps!”
This movie shows one of the most developed forms of character growth processes in movie history
He literally HAD time to achieve this Like hundreds of years!
I’ll go with Prince Zuko in Avatar the Last Airbender for TV.
I have a treatment written for Groundhog Day II -- Phil and Rita's relationship gets rocky and Rita checks into the same bed and breakfast and the same thing starts happening to her.. Phil calls every day and leaves a message that he misses and loves her.. Realizing that Phil had been telling the truth all these years, her "loop" ends when she answers the phone instead of letting it go to voicemail...
“IT’S A TIME LOOP!” 🤣❤️
In Germany, the title of the movie translates to "And every day the groundhog greets".
This has become a fixed expression in the german language. If, for example, in the evening news the news presenter announces that politicians say they intend to lower taxes, the presenter may comment "and every day the groundhog greets". Meaning this is something that happens again and again and again, usually infering that this is never going to change anything.
Yes, that movie is that well known in Germany.
And the entire tradition traces back to Germany. It was part of a Candlemas Day (Feb.2) tradition based on a hedgehog who predicts the arrival of Spring. Pennsylvania was settled by Germans who brought that tradition with them.
33 years and 350 days, that's how long one film blog calculated it would take to learn everything he learned and become expert in so many different areas.
According to director Harold Ramos the time loop lasted 10,000 years.
@@TheKirkosable Actually, that was the time in the original script. It was edited out of the final movie. Ramis later said in a New York Times interview that it was 10 years but later changed his mind to 30-40 years because 10 years didn't seem long enough to master all of those skills.
Let’s not repost pointless stupid things blogs say. It doesn’t help.
According to the film novelization he relived it for ~10,000 years
@@tempsitch5632 lets not post judgementally silly comments in a discussion about an 80s comedy film.
There's an often quoted number of +/- 35 years to explain how long Phil was trapped, based on how many things he is seen doing and estimates as to how long it would take. However, that number should be seen as a minimum only.
Other numbers are much higher.
Stephen Tobolowsky (the actor who plays Ned Ryerson) asked director and screenwriter Harold Ramis, "Harold, how long is Bill trapped in time? How long is he trapped in the town? Everybody always asks me," Tobolowsky recalled. "And he said 'Stephen, 10,000 years' and I said 10,000 years? He said 'You see, I'm a practicing Buddhist.' Who knew that! 'I'm a practicing Buddhist and we believe that it takes 10,000 years to perfect the human soul. And that's the real story of Groundhog Day, the perfection of the human soul.'"
In any event, it was a long time !
“Groundhog Day” is actually known as Imbolc, and February 2nd marks the exact midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal (Spring) Equinox. 💜🍸
In the distant past, people had to use natural observations to forecast the weather. A U.S. tradition from the past was "Groundhog Day." There are similar things in some European country. The US continues with this one as sort of a charming reminder of the past -- and kind of a joke. The groundhog hibernates in winter, but they start coming out of their dens in early February. The test is, if the groundhog can "see his shadow" (i.e., if it's a sunny day on February 2) then there will be "six more weeks of winter." If he can't (because it's cloudy), then spring is coming soon.
In the *near past…
It's funny cause it makes no sense. You'd think if it's sunny that would mean spring is coming
@@primary2630 Actually, no. Late winter is usually signaled by still, cold, but bright days. When things are changing (e.g. there's melting and evaporation occurring to your west), that suggests the "breaking" of winter.
That's a great theory and it's what I once thought too, but groundhog day isn't based on any folklore. It started as a summer barbecue (yes, roasted groundhog was featured) for a bunch of guys in Punxsutawney who like to drink together. At somepoint they moved their roast to mid winter to break the monotony and came up with the goofy tradition. That the story they tell at the Punxsutawney Historical Society.
@@izzonj LOL. Nice try. Check out Wikipedia. It has a complete article on the historical basis of the tradition.
When it starts snowing in the final day after he kisses her, it means he broke the time loop because in the past days, it never snows that time of year.
*Groundhog Day:*
*It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and sees its shadow due to clear weather, it will retreat to its den, and winter will go on for six more weeks; if it does not see its shadow because of cloudiness, spring will arrive early.*
*However, the term "Groundhog Day", in reference to the same day repeating itself, over & over, until you get something right, comes from this movie.*
It would have been a lot cooler if the dopey American who recommended this movie would have told her that BEFORE she saw the movie. 😂🤣😆
@@TTM9691 *LOL! Too true. There are some movies that are better with SOME set-up & context, beforehand. Like, I'd love Blue & the rest of The Homies group to react to "Four Rooms" (1995). But they would enjoy it so much more, if they watched the trailer first, ANNND, included their reaction to the trailer. It's about a bell-boy (Tim Roth) in an old, classic hotel, on his VERY FIRST day, on the job, that just happens to be New Years Eve. And these 4 rooms are his biggest problems,. ANNNNND, each room is its own story with its own director. So there are 4 directors, including, Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez.*
@@Raixor never heard of that film before but now i'm interested
@@amythetoon6535 Just wait til you see the starring lineup. 😁
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Punxsutawney is situated in Pennsylvania, but they shot the movie in Woodstock, Illinois because they wanted different / special locations according to the script they wrote. You must watch Lost in translation with Bill Murray... it's so amazing and funny.
I like Lost in Translation, too. It's about a man confronting a mid-life crisis when he goes to Japan.
"Phil, are you going to the Groundhog Dinner?" "No, I had groundhog for lunch." ... a great line.
Blue not having a clue about groundhogs is the funniest thing. I'm sorry I know its cultural but when she asks "How do you find them" I can't help but laugh
I‘d say, it‘s rather a geographical thing than cultural. I grew up in the European alps and knew them since my childhood hikes. Their alarm whistles are a part of mountain background noise… but you need to live in a very mountainous region to be familiar with these little guys.
As an older "fixer upper" I can tell you, Trixy, that it's probably smarter looking for someone who doesn't appear to be in too much need of fixing, because you'll inevitably find things that need fixing over time. Most of the things that need fixing will never improve, so if the list is too long it will probably end the relationship sooner or later. Not that you should go for the seemingly perfect guys (or girls) either because that's usually where the real headcases are found. Just be careful out there 😉
Arguably Bill's finest hour & one of his best films. Written & directed by the late, great Harold Ramis (who has a cameo as the doctor who treats Phil) and frequent co-star of Murray's. FYI: Ground hog day indeed is a holiday in the USA albeit a nutty archaic one. I highly recommend for a holiday film Bill's SCROOGED which takes on A CHRISTMAS CAROL which you sharply alluded to. PS: The Old Man montage always kills me :( Nice job Trix
A Bill Murray movie that’s very small and unknown was What about Bob. It sucks that that movie wasn’t bigger than it was
The director says that he probably relived that same day somewhere between 30 to 40 years. Great movie
He also said in the original screenplay it was 10,000 years, but they cut that.
Absolutely real. A big regret of mine is that my gf and I considered going to Punxsutawney in 2020, when Groundhog’s day fell on a Sunday. Spend the Saturday in town, go to bed early, and get up in the wee hours to enjoy the music, dancing and festivities.
We didn’t go. And then came the lockdowns. What a mistake.
They’re over now. Go do it.
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Well the point was that it was a Sunday so there was no need to take a vacation day. Groundhogs Day 2025 works!
If you love the movie you should go to Woodstock Illinois where the movie was filmed. I was going to go there a couple of years ago but haven't made it yet.
@@ksattesahn Take the vacation day.
The guy playing the mayor, the one listening to the groundhog, was Bill Murray's real-life brother Bryan Doyle-Murray.
The tradition with the holiday revolves around whether or not the groundhog sees its shadow. If yes, then six more weeks of snowy weather is expected. If no, warmer weather of course.
I miss seeing Bill Murray in these kinds of comedy movies
Comedies in general from this era were a MILLION times better than the trash they have been trying to make since around 2000 or even before. Now its all sex based humor. Which uses as little brain power as possible to create. Good wholesome comedy is masterful. And even makes it so i can watch with anyone rather than just by myself.
What about Bob? - might be the best comedy of all time.
@@WheresWaldo05 Bill's films had quite a few raunchy moments. His hook up in this film, the Female MP's in Stripes, *that* ghost dream in Ghostbusters.
@@Avenger85438 Is that on par with american pie or anything in that vein. Im talking the movies that are nonstop sex jokes. Not one or two moments in a film.
@@shinrapresident7010 Agreed. Which is why i have been calling out all these hoes for years in the comments! 😉 But good job for being late to the party of this brothel. 👏👏👏
@@shinrapresident7010 i would think that what he meant, was that nowdays comedy goes for the cheap shot jokes, not the well thought out building up that most of bill murrays movies showed...
8:36 Wonderful reaction, particularly at this moment of your video, Blue. Groundhog Day was a holiday we learned about in elementary school, but unlike Halloween, Valentine’s Day or even St. Patrick’s Day when as a kid you get stuff (candy, cards, pinches) getting six more weeks of spring or winter wasn't a big deal for us in Texas. The movie has become a classic in part because - like _The Twilight Zone_ - everyone can relate to strangeness or the feeling we’re repeating the same moment. If someone tells you, “It must be Groundhog Day” you’ll know what they mean now. You've seen _Terminator_ and _Terminator 2_ , but if you’re on a time travel jag, I’d highly recommend _Donnie Darko_ next.
It is what it is up here in the Northeast.
These movies are more a "time loop" genre rather than the time travel genre. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_time_loops
The Groundhog Day tradition comes from the Pennsylvania Dutch, and goes back to a very old German superstition that a badger could predict the weather. When Dutch settlers came to America, they brought their traditions, and simply adapted it to a new local burrowing animal.
In some parts of the United States there are local folk celebrations like the popular one in Puxatawny, Pennsylvania.
The movie itself is actually has a lot of depth and meaning beyond the great laughs. Phil is granted a unique opportunity to spend as much time as he wants to make himself a better person, but wastes a lot of time just trying tricks to get ahead. When he finally decides to become generous and giving and improves himself, the universe rewards him.
Trixy, I was surprised you didn't realize that when Phil stepped out of the car with the poncho & hat & cigar in his mouth, & the way he was talking, he was cosplaying Clint Eastwood from "A Fistful of Dollars". 🤗
I loved the reaction, & your kitty was very entertaining too.😸
I didn't know that either. I always thought it was Clint Eastwood but didn't know for sure or what movie it was from. I've never been into western's.
And then right after he does Clint Eastwood cosplay, and announces the groundhog the next day, he says, "Does Phil feel lucky?"
7:08 "How do you know what the ground hog says?" The answer wont help your confusion but you can tell by weather or not the ground hog has a (sees his) shadow
One of my favorite movies. I watch it each year around the actual Groundhog Day (sometimes I'm working, so I can't always watch it exactly that day)
I read a study of this that decided he must have been in this time loop for something like 30 years. While they were filming the sequence of him stealing the ground hog Murry (spl) said that it bit him a few times. It was a cute idea for a movie. Enjoy it.
34:30 "I'm actually surprised he turned out this way" cats like: Who are you talking to? 😸
Ground hogs day is one of those thing that as an American I just accepted as normal but seeing it from a foreign perspective it's pretty weird.
It’s weird from an American perspective too.
Not to be "that guy" but it's Groundhog Day. Not Groundhogs Day
If you haven't yet seen "The Wizard of Oz," that's a traditional holiday movie for the kids. It's from 1939, so probably the oldest movie you are likely to watch. It's one of those classics that gets referred to a lot.
"Groundhog Day" is not as big of a classic, but for at least a generation it has been widely referenced. People now think of a groundhog day as being like a deja vu, or an endless repeat.
Imagine how much time Phil actually spent in the loop. He easily spent a few months doing that, but when you think about how good he was at so many hobbies, it could have been YEARS.
Someone did some math on that and the estimate came to around 44 years
Original screenplay was 10,000 years, but that was cut.
I've heard those estimates of a few decades, but I think it would take a LOT more time to absorb all the skills, read all the books, and mess around with all the consequences pathways he's implied to have played with. Though it is imaginable that his time loop protected memory is somehow better than normal, because I wouldn't sharply remember detail upon a single viewing. To get everything burned into my memory would take a fair bit of repeats and experimentation, which would vastly expand the time frame to reach the 'final form' we see.
There was a university that had a group study of this movie and they decided that based on the average of time it takes to master the different skills, Phil was stuck in the time loop for a little over 88 years. I don’t know if it’s a true judge of time but as a funded study, it is your tax dollars speaking.
I've heard between 100 to 10,000 years. It would take nearly a year just to learn the card trick. Or I think he said 6 months. So I card trick 6 months. How many card tricks did he learn? How many hobbies did he learn? How many skills did he learn? How many women did he NOT sleep with. How many times and ways did he kill himself? I'd say it's likely closer to 500 or more years. I mean how many times did he skip the festival and try to beat the storm out of town? Try and steel an all weather vehicle and bust his way threw the storm. So many different scenarios and he has literally done them all. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it really was 10,000 years.
Which leads us to the tongue twister 'How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?'
Now you should watch "Palm Springs"! It came out at the beginning of the pandemic, so sort of got ignored, and isn't on many people's radar, but it's sort of a new take on the time loop concept that I think is really fun.
That he came out this day somewhat normal is a wonder imo. He relived that day for nearly 34 year.
That's a minimum, but that's not counting the trauma he suffered, of which we only see a glimpse. My theory is rather that he became mad, was mad for many lifetimes, then slowly healed, became sane again and re-emerged a changed man.
The holiday title has two meanings: 1) renewal/hope/rebooting/the coming of Springtime after a long hard winter. 2) An extremely minor inconsequential holiday, just an average mundane mediocre weekday with very little fanfare or significance compared to the major holidays--but if you make the most of each ordinary day, you can grow, learn, fall in love, help others,...
Groundhogs, by the way, supposedly know when to come out of winter hibernation by sniffing the air to predict when Spring mating season is near and the dangers of a barren foodless winter are over.
I have been to Punxsutawney for Groundhog Day 4 times. It is a lot of fun and I highly suggest you go if you ever have the opportunity.
A few things about Groundhog Day and Phil:
Phil the Groundhog lives in the center of town. He has a place called "Phil's Burrow." The entire wall is glass so passersby on the steet can look in and see him.
Phil is put onto the stump on the stage by his handlers around midnight or 1 AM on Groundhog Day. There are large celebrations starting at 1 AM and fireworks just before it turns light. Once it turns light, they bring Phil out and he makes his prediction.
Phil has a personal veterinarian, a personal dietitian, personal groomer, etc. He is the best cared for Groundhog on the planet.
There are 2 scrolls prepared in advance- 1 if Phil sees his shadow, 1 if he does not. When Phil is brought out, the head of the Groundhog club carries a special stick which allows him to speak Groundhogese. Phil tells him which scroll to use. Only the one who carries that stick can understand Phil and Groundhogese.
Unlike the film, Gobblers Knob where the stump and celebration are is on the hill outside of town. You can catch a bus up there, as there is no parking there. There are over 15,000 people attend this ceremony.
This isn't technically a holiday movie, but idc, it's my favorite holiday movie. I watch it around this time every year
Edit: and yes groundhog day is a real traditional holiday in some northern rural states based off a superstition where if a groundhog sees its shadow, it will be a long winter, and if it doesn't see its shadow, spring will arrive eqrly
A simple yet profound film Hard to write movies like this. Very satisfying 🎉
My Christmas for 18 years in retail. Every Christmas the same looped songs. Arrggghhhh.
The fact that this movie exists justifies the existence of Groundhog Day.
I was a photo journalist for an ABC affiliate, and yes they do actually call themselves the talent 😆 Some would carry their microphone and cable, but leave me to the tripod, lights, camera and lighting umbrella.
Well it is talent. I myself can't talk and hold a microphone simultaneously
So legend has it, he spent 34 - 40 years reliving the same day. Thats alot of days of cold showers
33 years 350.days
33 years 350.days
This was filmed in Woodstock, Illinois - I used to live about 20 minutes from there. Very familiar with the locations. The town recreates the activities of Groundhog Day every year (February 2nd).
@Trixy Blue
The movie gave us a second meaning. a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
This is _the_ classic example of what is almost its own sub-genre now, and the one all others refer to. Although very different, two others that I would recommend are _Edge of Tomorrow_ and _Happy Death Day_.
Groundhog Day is a specific day, but it is not a holiday. It actually exists, surprisingly.
Groundhog Day is a real thing in the US. It's tradition that on February 2nd, people look for groundhogs to see if they come out of their holes to "predict" how long winter will continue or if we will have an early spring. Various towns have various groundhogs (secret, not all of them are the same groundhog because they obviously only live so long), but thanks to this movie, Punxatawney Phil is perhaps the most famous one. It's mostly a folk myth, people don't really believe that a rodent can predict the weather, but it makes a nice story.
Genuinely one of my favorite movies ever made and not just because my birthday is Groundhog Day. It's fulfilling, it shows Phil growing and becoming a better person over the course of his time trapped in his loop. It also doesn't shy away from the darkness while still being a comedy at heart, because yeah, after being trapped in the same day for months, years even, you'd look for any way to escape it. Oh and there's a tiny reference to this movie in Doctor Strange. Stephen has his car crash, according to his fancy watch, on February 2nd, and later saves the world with a time loop.
Simply. One of the best movies ever made.
Highly reccomend: 1408, Interstate 60, Dark city (ONLY DIRECTORS CUT!)
The essence of this film is that if you do the same thing every day, avoiding something new and not wanting to make changes in your life, then every day will be routine and remind the previous one. And so again and again. Only by leaving the comfort zone, striving to bring something new into one's life, and not focusing on one and the same, a person's life will be diverse, rich, unique, special and INTERESTING. And every day will be UNIQUE.
Groundhog day originated with the Pennsylvania Dutch ( Deutsch )- German-speaking immigrants who brought the tradition of Candlemas. From there, there is debate about how an animal became involved; whether it was part of the original tradition or not .
To learn all these skills to an expert level would have taken centuries.
There is a Jeep commercial starring Bill Murray, and it reunites several of the actors from the film. One of the men in the tophat at the event is Brian Doyle Murray, Bill's brother.
Groundhog Day is in February.
It always sees it's shadow. There is always 6 more weeks of winter ... It's February
This is so cute. Trixy is trying to figure out the meaning of Groundhog Day. Some people estimated how long he was in the time loop based on the skills he developed. One of the longest estimate is about 4000 years; that is more than 365 X 4000 days + 1000 leap days; 1,461,000 days. This movie is based on a 1941 short story, Doubled and Redoubled by Malcolm Jameson, where a man was condemned to repeat the same day over and over again. There is a 1996 movie, Christmas Every Day, a story where an obnoxious 1 yo who went out of his way to make everyone around him miserable on Christmas Day. He repeated the same day over and over again until he learned the meaning of Christmas. It is a cute story. It does borrow some things from this movie, like he tries to help a homeless person (without success).
You're right about the purgatory aspect, He also goes through the seven deadly sins, and St. Rita is the patroness of impossible causes. (Certainly, all religions and philosophies claim certain aspects of his cleansing.
Every year many cities around the U.S. have their own ground hog and they wake him up on feb 2 to see if he sees his shadow. They make noise to wake him up and when he comes out if he doesn't see his shadow and starts eating that supposedly means his instincts are telling him to stay awake because winter is over, if he sees his shadow and goes back into his den that supposedly means his instincts are telling him to go back to sleep and sleep the rest of winter away while waiting for spring.
Sort of like a little "Winter is almost over, hang on" or a "Winter isn't dead yet,lets drink brandy and hot cocoa"pep talk/wake. The main ground hog is the one in the middle of Pennsylvania from the town of Pauxatawny named "Pauxatawny Phil" . NYC had "Statin Island Chuck" until Mayor DeBlasio dropped him on the ground and they had to put him down. I think his replacement is "Statin Island Charles"
This was filmed in the town I was born in and there is a plaque, a little sign, where that puddle was he keeps stepping in that says "Billy Murray Stepped Here"
Groundhogs' they're in our backyards during the spring/summer.. they like to dig holes in the backyard.. they're so cute.
Groundhog day is a silly holiday about predicting if the rest of the winter will be warm or cold, depending if it sees it shadow or not.
When you consider how well he ends up playing the piano and how long it takes to acquire such a skill. And if we further recall how long it may have taken him to decide to play the piano, we have to assume that he was stuck between 8-10 years. A long, very long, cold winter...
3:00 - LOL : "Right? I'm I Right?" haha I was like, darn does she knows Ned??
The presence of groundhogs is considered a harbinger of Spring. If groundhogs come out and it is sunny, their shadows scare them and they go back into hibernation for another six weeks. Thus, winter weather will hang around another six weeks and Spring comes late. If February begins cloudy, the groundhogs stay out and it will be an early Spring.
Perhaps the most famous groundhog is in Punxatawny Pennsylvania who has been nicknamed Punxatawny Phil.,
Groundhog Day is a real thing and takes place on February 2nd each year. But it's more of a pseudo-holiday because no one ever gets the day off from work or school and businesses remain open. It's mostly based on old folklore regarding foretelling the seasons and weather, but no one really takes it seriously. It's basically one step above National Talk Like A Pirate Day and National Cheese Pizza Day on the calendar.
I think Trixie was confused when she heard that this movie was a "holiday movie" and assumed that it was a Christmas movie. In the U.S., there are MANY holidays throughout the year, so the word "holiday" isn't solely associated with Christmas, but it is applied to all of them, including pseudo-holidays like Groundhog Day.
I am sure others have explained this, but for the record:
Groundhog Day is totally a thing. It is an American tradition. As the story goes, the groundhog hibernates until February 2nd, when it emerges from its hole. If it sees its shadow, it gets scared back in to its hole and there will be 6 more weeks of winter. Otherwise, spring will come early.
In all fairness, there is almost some logic to it. When winter is in full force, there are more clear, cold sunny days (shadow). When the weather begins to change there are more rainy overcast days first (no shadow).
The IS an official Groundhog (well, at least 2 towns claim THEIRS is, and Punxsutawney Phil is the most famous).
There is debate about where the tradition started. There are certain regions of Europe with similar weather predicting rodent legends, so it likely came over from Europe and evolved to fit the local wildlife (assuming groundhogs are even native. No clue). It probably originated as Marmot Day, or Woodchuck Day.
As a former Pennsylvanian from near here this is very much and real thing. You can go to the library and see the groundhog the rest of the year
In a cut-out part he went to library and folded a page of a book daily. He spent 10,000 days in the same day.
Fun Fact: This is Bill Murray favorite movie in his entire life 🙌.
Oh really?
Really.
According to the internets:
He was stuck for 33 years and 350 days. - or longer according to Harold Ramis (the doctor in the film)
The event is broadcast live on Groundhog Day, which is 2 February. The name of the Groundhog is "Phil" The event is located in Punxatawney, Pennsylvania. It is Not a Christmas film.
Groundhog is also called a Woodchuck or ground marmot. Marmots are found in mountainous areas, and Groundhogs are found in Lowland areas of North America. You were too hasty in looking up "Groundhog".
I see them in the woods all the time. I work with wildlife, so I am able to recognize them.
The tradition originates from German-speaking farming communities. The practice of observing the event was brought to North America by immigrants from German-speaking areas of Europe.
There is a video clip of the actual event on UA-cam.
18:05 the "Clint Eastwood" moment must have been super satisfying for Blue, now that she can say she gets the irony of it!
You caught it. When they kissed and it started to snow is when the loop was broken. Great reaction!
Love your reaction to the movie! One of the sweetest movies ever, with Phil going through purgatory and coming out a better man! Bill Murray plays something of a similar, annoying character in What About Bob?, another black comedy, so you might want to check that one out.
When I lived in a small state up north we always had a favorite local weather guy that was there for years. In some of these busier area and larger budget stations, they go through them kind of quickly for the public to get attached to.
"This is the one time that television fails to capture the excitement of a large squirrell predicting the weather.." 🤣🤣🤣
Its been argued he was stuck for possibly hundreds of years..
They say he would have been repeating the same day for at least 30 years to learn and become a master at the things he learned to do during that day.
Look at the adorable cat looking at her while she is talking!!
BTW... the mayor was played by Bill Murry"s brother, Brian Doyle-Murry.
Trixy I saw this in the movie theater in 1993….I remember it clearly. Great movie and reaction.
Interesting tidbit is that they play this movie on the ship's onboard tv station on Navy ships at sea, when they're crossing the International Date Line from West to East (either on the day of or night before). You go to bed on a Monday night and wake up to a Monday morning 😳
I briefly met Bill Murray while working a gas station cashier job while going to college. I think he was playing in a celebrity golf tournament nearby. He kind of tried to turn sideways when he came in to pay, hoping I wouldn't recognize him. As tempting as it was to say something to one of my comic idols, I just let him be. He seems much taller in real life than on film.
38:42 This movie has my favorite trivia and coolest useless piece of info of all time:
Rita bids $339.88 on Phil in the bachelors auction. If you count all days passed since January 1st, 1900 until the day this movie premiered (February 12, 1993), not counting leap days, they sum EXACTLY 33,988 days.
So I'm not 100% certain on all this but my understanding was always something along the lines of the following:
The Groundhog animal instinctively raises its head out of the hole and checks for its shadow to determine if there will be 6 more weeks of Winter or not.
Then, in real life, in the city of Punxatawney, they do this actual "schtick" where they get a Groundhog that they call Phil as well and pretend like it's coming out and seeing its own shadow, although in reality, the officials performing the ceremony already know the answer so it's all for show, as a tradition of sorts there, just to announce if there will be 6 more weeks of Winter or not in that particular way since the Groundhog animal actually functions in that way naturally.
So this movie came along and sort of took all those real life elements as the backdrop for this super dope philosophical comedy!
Anyone one else want to be the cat that the end, cute, relaxed and getting Blue head rubs. 😅😅
I used to think Phil was saying "Let's live here" just to be cute. It had been somewhere around 33-34 years for him. I don't think he could bear the idea of going back to his old life in the city.
You googled "groundhog" instead of "Groundhog Day" (February 2).
No, he didn't learn a verse in French. He learned French. In the 34 years that he relived Groundhog Day over and over again, he learned a lot of new skills.
Yes Groundhog Day is real in America and held every year on February 2nd. It is also a good tome for elementary and middle school kids to learn about the weather.
"Apparently it's a whole dang movie." hahaha classic
4:10 Yes, Groundhog Day is a real thing...started off as an old wives tale, somehow got turned into a "holiday" but it's easily one of the silliest ones the US has...and basically nobody takes it seriously.
It seems so few people truly understand the main character. He did not desire to change, and the early movie showed that to the point of committing suicide. A power stronger than him knew he had a good heart, but he had become a jerk. The actual time wasn't days, but months if not years to change who he was. I'll leave it up to you who this power was. When he wanted to know why the old man died, was the turning point. He saved a boys life every day, and finally a forgotten man who needed him. The fluff with the lady was only to show the final person he became.
I suggested it before but if you enjoyed Bill Murray and If you ever get the chance please check out “Lost in Translation” he’s great in that movie as well 😉
Here's a fun fact 😜. The mayor of the town is Bill Murray's older brother Brian Doyle Murray 😮.
I’m watching your reaction again, and it’s Groundhog Day today! So glad you watched this and loved it, another one of the greatest movies ever. It’s so great to see you watching so many of them lately. Keep up the great work Blue! 💙
My dark family theory:
At 7:32 he is given a choice, go back or freeze to death. So stubborn and scornful of Punxsutawney, Phil chose to stay and freeze. The rest of the movie is his purgatory to work out his selfishness.
It funny that you mentioned A Christmas Carrol because Bill Murray Stared in his own version of that movie around the same time. The film is called Scrooged and it a lot of fun. I know you would like it so check it out.
Whether or not our time on Earth is Hell or Heaven is often up to us more than we may sometimes think.
❤exactly
Life is your perception
If you like these types of movies, check out: Run lola run 1998, I think you might like it. Its different and unique if you like people trying something new.
Groundhog day is a tradition here in the US. Not really a public holiday, but it is observed. If the groundhog leaves his hole and sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. Don't know how that got started, but some towns have some fun with it. Festivals and the like.
Hi Blue!🙂Your new hair color is nice. Groundhog Day is an unofficial U.S. holiday. Gobblers Nob & Punxsatawney Phil also real. If he sees his shadow it means 6 more weeks of Winter. If he doesn't it means an early Spring. Phil did see his shadow this year, 6 more weeks of Winter. I can't believe you haven't seen this one. Great reactions to Groundhog Day, Blue!!!🎬👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽If you liked this film you might enjoy: "Happy Death Day" (2017).
This movie is great. I saw it when I was 13 I believe and loved it even then. I remember Harold Ramis, who did the screenplay and directed (also played this neurologist and collated with Bill Murray many times), originally said an estimated 10 years were spent in the time loop. And he later said it was more like 30 - 40 years probably after reevaluating with Danny Rubin who’s story is was based on. If you look online there are some estimated of about 12,000 give or takes. The film shows about 39 days and references 400 days in the film. Using the theory of 10000 hours to become a master of a skill. So about 33 - 34 years were spent in the time loop.
You mentioned what if he is creating different parallel universe outcomes, and never thought about that. It would be crazy. And on the of that what it all those different multiverse Phil’s were also doing the same?
It’s kinda crazy. Great film.
"How do you find groundhogs" haha
Where we live they're everywhere, see them all the time first thing in the morning, they come out to get dew off the grass
Please please please react to Palm Springs. It's like the more R rated version of this movie, and it's absolutely hilarious.